Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 30 Watt
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 464 vs 149
6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	464 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	193 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 29.376 gflops vs 15.6 gflops

Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 6
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops vs 15.6 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

193

Name	Intel HD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	464	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	193	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	5315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		996

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Tesla
Code name	Broadwell GT1	G86
Launch date	5 January 2015	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1384	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	15.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	6	16
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI